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Pakistan-Linked SideCopy Targets Afghanistan Finance Ministry with Xeno RAT

SideCopy targeted Afghanistan's Finance Ministry with Xeno RAT via Pashto phishing lures, enabling espionage and system compromise.

Source Summary Published June 2, 2026 Brief Under 1 min brief
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Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a spear-phishing campaign likely undertaken by the Pakistan-aligned SideCopy group targeting Afghanistan's Ministry of Finance with an open-source remote access trojan called Xeno RAT.

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